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Lohagara observes Dussehra (Vijayadashami) on Tuesday, 20 October 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
The principal temple recorded for Balrampur mandal is Catholic Church Purnia. No temple of this dedication is on record within Lohagara itself.
Ramlila through the nine nights and the burning of Ravana, Meghnad and Kumbhakarna effigies on Dussehra evening. Kullu Dussehra in Himachal begins on Vijayadashami and runs a week, with village deities carried to Dhalpur maidan.
The regional form observed across North India. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
Lohagara is a village in Balrampur mandal, Katihar district, Bihar, with a population of 5,696 across 1,167 households and a literacy rate of 31.1%. The village is located at coordinates 25.851°N, 87.844°E with postal code 855102.
By population, Lohagara ranks #3 of 156 villages in Balrampur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Lohagara ਬਿਹਾਰ ਦੇ ਕਟਿਹਾਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ Balrampur ਬਲਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ 5,696 ਲੋਕਾਂ 1,167 ਪਰਿਵਾਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ (ਜਨਗਣਨਾ 2011) ਦਾ ਪਿੰਡ ਹੈ, ਜੋ Balrampur ਬਲਾਕ ਦੇ 156 ਪਿੰਡਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ 3ਵਾਂ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਹੈ। ਸਾਖਰਤਾ 31% ਹੈ, ਬਲਾਕ ਔਸਤ 37% ਤੋਂ 6 ਅੰਕ ਘੱਟ ਅਤੇ ਲਿੰਗ ਅਨੁਪਾਤ ਪ੍ਰਤੀ 1,000 ਮਰਦਾਂ ਪਿੱਛੇ 891 ਔਰਤਾਂ। ਇਹ ਕਟਿਹਾਰ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੇਂਦਰ ਤੋਂ 85 ਕਿਮੀ, ਨੇੜਲੇ ਕਸਬੇ Chikni ਤੋਂ 3 ਕਿਮੀ, Dalkhola ਰੇਲਵੇ ਸਟੇਸ਼ਨ ਤੋਂ 3 ਕਿਮੀ ਸਥਿਤ ਹੈ (ਸਿੱਧੀ ਲਕੀਰ ਦੂਰੀ)। ਪਿੰਨਕੋਡ 855102 ਹੈ, Barsoi ਡਾਕਖਾਨੇ ਅਧੀਨ; LGD ਪਿੰਡ ਕੋਡ 224745 ਹੈ। ਨੇੜਲਾ ਹਸਪਤਾਲ Dalkhola Hospital, 3 ਕਿਮੀ ਦੂਰ। ਪਿੰਡ Dhamdaha ਵਿਧਾਨ ਸਭਾ ਹਲਕੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ, ਵਿਧਾਇਕ Leshi Singh। 2026 ਵਿੱਚ ਅਨੁਮਾਨਿਤ ਆਬਾਦੀ 6,716, 2011 ਤੋਂ 18% ਵੱਧ।
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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